It could always be worse...

Can this week please leave us alone! The past 2 days have been crazy crazy crazy! First, our adorable, cute, wouldn't hurt a fly little puppies got put in the slammer yesterday. I got home from work to find that they were no where to be found. They had dug out from under the fence and went on a joy tour of the park and neighborhood. I looked all over the neighborhood for like an hour. Even our neighbor drove around to help me. Around 4:45 I decided that I better call animal control to make sure that they were not picked up. Well...after 10 minutes of being connected and passed off to the next person, I finally was able to ask about our babies. The woman was not very nice and told me that the dogs were filthy and that they appeared to have been dumped. She also told me that they were found in a location that I have no idea where it is and when I map quested it, it was all the way across town! She told me that one of the puppies was very aggressive and was growling at everyone. This is soooo not their personality! after freaking out, she continued to tell me that I needed to calm down because they were safe and no one was being mean to them. YEAH RIGHT! What planet does she live on? I wasn't even sure that these were our puppies that they had. Well, we were also informed that we could not come pick them up until the next morning. So that made me even more upset.
This morning I got up to find it rather nasty outside. I got in the shower and mid way through, the power goes out. My shower time is approxiamately 5:45-6:00ish. It is dark outside at that time...so when the power goes out...it is very very dark inside. I could not see my fingers in front of me. Thank goodness I use Johnson's Baby Shampoo, because it was all up in my eyes! I had to yell for Kenny to come and find a flashlight so that I could finish my shower. Then, continue to get ready for work by flashlight. Kenny had to pull our garage up by hand...thank the Lord for husbands! I headed off to work expecting the day to improve.
Well...I tried to call Kenny, but Verizon had messed up our bill and suspended my calls. So Kenny had to fax his payment stub to show where we had already paid our bill, and actually have credit with them! He got that taken care of and then went to bail our delinquent puppies out of puppy jail. They were super excited to see him! He put them in the truck and Ellie decided that she needed to use the bathroom...so she did! So, Kenny had to clean that up before he could head to work where there was a monthly meeting he was late for. The day settled down for a couple hours until Kenny fell on slippery metal stairs. This placed him at quick care for most of the afternoon and now he is on crutches with a possible torn muniscus (sp?).
I arrive home to find our puppies in the garage since it is raining and they have a tendency to escape the confines of our fence. Over the course of a few hours, Ellie and Aubrey managed to chew a foam matress pad into thousands of pieces...all over the garage. Thank goodness it was going to the dump anyhow. Now it will just go to the dump in a thousand pieces...after we clean it up of course!
Soooo...this is the past few days for the Chastain household. I think we better lay low for a couple days. Isn't the saying, "When it rains, it pours."? Well, we have plenty of sunshine in our lives so we can't hardly complain...but seriously...rain rain go away!

Coming Soon to a family near you...

We are expecting again! Addi is going to be a big sister to a little boy!! We are so very thrilled and feel so very blessed to have now had two precious babies in our lives. This little boy is full of energy and bounces off the walls (literally in my belly). He is quite the little ham...already measuring a little big!! Please keep us in your prayers and pray that our little boy grows to be strong and healthy.

We have the most preciously adorable niece!!!! They don't get much cuter than this!!

Does your man have a crush?

Some of you may not be familiar with the term "man crush", and some of you might actually have a man crush or your boyfriend or husband has one. It is an interesting new term that has actually been around for a while...we just didn't know what to call it.

Matt Damon & Ben Affleck.....perfect example!

Personally I think of it as two men who have a ridiculous amount in common and could seriously be brothers! They think alike, act alike, have the same nastasciousness level!

The Urban Dictionary defines it like this:
1.
Man Crush
When a straight man has a "crush" on another man, not sexual but kind of idolizing him.

Some of you might be thinking this is not a good thing...but actually it is...well, it can be. My husband and his man crush are hilarious...making fun of them is the hilarious part. Jennifer and I enjoy harassing them about crushing on one another. If their picture was next to the definition, I think it would be this one!

Kenny and Scott enjoying some chocolate fondue at the Melting Pot! They both had the clever idea to put it all over their teeth...just one example of how much they are alike! Don't worry...Jennifer and I were there too! We just changed seats around to take pictures.

Splish Splash!!

Ellie and Aubrey are getting so big so quickly! It has been super hot, so we decided to give the girls a little swimming pool. They were too cute, so of course I had to grab the camera!!!

Drum Roll Please!!!!.......

Introducing.....................................................the newest members of the family.................................
Ellie & Aubrey! They are soooooooo cute and sweet! Our great friends Tina and Dan gave us first pick of the litter! They had 10 puppies, so we HAD to take 2! Presently, they are only 4 weeks old...but growing very rapidly. They already come when we call them...we think they are the smartest puppies ever! I would post pictures, but my camera is giving me fits....so maybe later!

Picking up the pieces...

Addi would be 2 months young now, and our life is unusually falling back into place. It is crazy and awkward how everyday life continues amongst your overwhelming pain and determination to avoid your "everyday life". It feels wrong and unmotherly to continue with our lives and mostly, to get back to enjoying our lives. Along with those feelings, we also feel that Addi was an enormous blessing and we should continue to celebrate her life and remember the joy that she gave us for 38 weeks. We know that God must have something special in store for us, but waiting is difficult. We trust in his word that he will give us our hearts desires and he has blessed us so greatly with one another, wonderful family, fabulous friends, an adorable place to live, wonderful jobs, and the love of Jesus Christ. So if waiting is what is in His plan for us, then waiting we will do.
There are several things stiring in the Chastain world here lately. Between moving, starting a new business, and all the other things we juggle....we have a lot on our plate. Thank goodness it is summer time! With it being summer time, I figured it was a good time to begin blogging again.